50 years ago, on April 12, spread all over the world TASS mesasge, beginning with the words: «April 12, 1961 in the Soviet Union put into orbit around the Earth the worlds first spaceship-satellite» East "with a man aboard..

The Soyuz TMA-21, named in honor of Yuri Gagarin, docked with the ISS. On this Thursday morning, April 7, reported at the Mission Control Center (MCC), Russian Space Agency. The docking took place automatically..